1. Christ’s Comfort in Our Crisis

    book
    08/04/22
    30 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    Our comfort in this seemingly endless age of crisis after crisis is the inexhaustible hope of Jesus’s reversal.
    Christ’s Comfort in Our Crisis

  2. The Gospel of the Crucified Idiot

    book
    08/02/22
    8 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    At the heart of The Idiot is Dostoevsky's confession of faith and the confession of all Christians.
    The Gospel of the Crucified Idiot

  3. Faith, Hope, and Love

    book
    08/01/22
    21 mins
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    By Steven Paulson
    Faith is like a horse with blinders because it only beholds God’s promise. It is obsessed with what God has already said.
    Faith, Hope, and Love

  4. Church Fathers: Cyril of Alexandria, Saint and Sinner

    book
    07/28/22
    10 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    Cyril’s fervor for pure explication of the gospel was present throughout his career.
    Church Fathers: Cyril of Alexandria, Saint and Sinner

  5. Calling, Politics, and the City of God

    book
    07/22/22
    10 mins
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    By David Clay
    Finding the balance between indifferentism and obsessiveness has never been easy, and it’s especially difficult in our environment.
    Calling, Politics, and the City of God

  6. Hate and Death Flipped Upside Down

    book
    07/20/22
    17 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    Vilification of the other is married to the justification of the self.
    Hate and Death Flipped Upside Down

  7. Having Done All to Stand

    book
    07/14/22
    21 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    History is the painful realization that we aren’t the ones who can save the world but, rather, we’re the ones who get saved.
    Having Done All to Stand

  8. An Impossible Standard...Attained!

    book
    07/13/22
    10 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    In Jesus, the most totalizing summary of the law becomes the gospel of the one made perfect through obedience.
    An Impossible Standard...Attained!

  9. The Law Cannot Enter The Promised Land

    book
    07/07/22
    7 mins
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    By Daniel Emery Price
    Moses is no Jesus but he, like us, is saved by Him. The law cannot enter the promised land, and yet the true and greater promised land is occupied by nothing but lawbreakers.
    The Law Cannot Enter The Promised Land

  10. The Paradoxes of Faith

    book
    06/24/22
    11 mins
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    By Gerhard Forde
    It’s God’s power that we are dealing with here that is made perfect in weakness, not ours. God’s power is made perfect in the weakness of the cross.
    The Paradoxes of Faith

  11. Hope for These Bodies of Death: Understanding Romans 7

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    06/22/22
    32 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    There’s no possibility of understanding the grace of Romans 6 and the glory of Romans 8 unless you identify with the excruciating struggle of Romans 7.
    Hope for These Bodies of Death: Understanding Romans 7

  12. Demanding to Suffer Freedom

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    06/21/22
    12 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    The only solution to free will is the announcement from a preacher that the Father forgives us for Christ's sake.
    Demanding to Suffer Freedom
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